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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when immigration authorities raided the car wash where he worked in Carson in August. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal judge ordered his release.

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Rachel Uranga @racheluranga.bsky.social · 16h

In the fire zones, an immigrant workforce warily carries out cleanup

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In the fire zones, an immigrant workforce warily carries out cleanups

Months after the Eaton fire, a largely immigrant workforce clears homes of ash and debris in Altadena amid health risks and threat of immigration raids.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · 1d

"The intense push to ramp up deportations is dragging in even the dead, unnerving immigrant households, cramming court calendars and sapping stretched immigration attorneys’ time."
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Immigration sought to deport 88-year-old. But he already died

The Department of Homeland Security's intense push to ramp up deportations is dragging in even the dead as it unnerves immigrant households and crams court calendars.

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Prison operator CoreCivic announced a $130M a year contract with ICE for California’s newest and largest immigration detention center today, a month after opening w/o permits.

Detainees inside say they lack medicines, are locked in cells for hours on end.

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Immigrants decry conditions at former prison, ICE's largest detention center in California

Detainees report prison-like conditions inside the California City facility and lack of access to medical care. Advocates are trying to shut it down.

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Karen Garcia @karenmg.bsky.social · Aug 13

The arrest of LA-area nurse Amanda Trebach who documented ICE operations is putting a spotlight on the risks associated with observing and documenting immigration enforcement in Southern California. www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. volunteers who document ICE raids are being arrested. How to do it safely

L.A. County residents have been documenting immigration enforcement since early June. A recent arrest of a volunteer highlights the risk of this work.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · Aug 6

Earlier this year, we learned immigration attorneys were scrambling to respond to a flurry of requests from DHS to recalendar old cases - some as old as '06. In some, ppl had died - or their attorneys.
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Trump officials are reopening old immigration cases, even for dead people. 'They don't do their homework,' lawyers say

Attorneys and their clients are racing to submit opposition to the legal actions. In one case, the government sought to recalendar proceedings against a man who was dead.

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Rachel Uranga @racheluranga.bsky.social · Aug 6

After weeks of relative quiet, the immigration raid on a Home Depot in Westlake early Wednesday morning revived fears of widespread sweeps in Los Angeles as U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino warned, “We’re not leaving.”

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Federal agents use Penske rental truck as 'Trojan Horse' to raid Los Angeles Home Depot

Border Patrol agents reportedly arrested 16 people at a Home Depot in Westlake on Wednesday. They utilized Penske trucks to carry out the arrests.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 13

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens

The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Jul 12

Border Patrol agent charged with drunkenly attacking Long Beach cop while off duty

Isaiah Hodgson, 29, was charged with resisting arrest, battery and weapons offenses for the drunken incident on July 7.

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Rachel Uranga @racheluranga.bsky.social · Jul 10

Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...

Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists

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Rachel Uranga @racheluranga.bsky.social · Jul 10

In the long shadow of his policies, local and national observers alike are paying renewed attention to Stephen Miller’s upbringing in the famously liberal enclave once dubbed “the People’s Republic of Santa Monica.”
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Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.

In the long shadow of his policies, renewed attention is being paid to Miller’s upbringing in the famously liberal enclave once dubbed "the People’s Republic of Santa Monica."

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Jul 8

ICE leaves cars abandoned, lawn mowers running when it arrests workers: A new push to secure property

Santa Ana police announced it would attempt to return abandoned property, such as vehicles and work equipment, to relatives of those detained by federal agents.

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Kevin Rector @kevrector.bsky.social · Jul 7

California, 17 other states challenge ‘suspicionless’ stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.

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California, 17 other states challenge 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.

California and a coalition of 17 other states have backed a lawsuit calling for an end to unconstitutional immigration stops in Los Angeles.

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · Jul 7

The heavily armed federal forces were met with crowds of people screaming “get the f— out!” Mayor Karen Bass, also on the scene, said "they need to leave because this is unacceptable."

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Heavily armed immigration agents descend on MacArthur Park in L.A.

Agents on horseback and in armored vehicles participated in a daytime raid in the heart of Los Angeles' immigrant community.

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · Jun 23

L.A.'s political leaders are looking to sue the Trump administration, saying recent immigration enforcement activities violate the U.S. Constitution. The case could be modeled after a lawsuit filed in February by United Farm Workers.

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L.A. city leaders look to file lawsuit over 'unconstitutional' immigration enforcement

Seven council members want the city attorney to seek “immediate legal action” to keep their constituents from being racially profiled or detained without warrants.

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Nathan Solis @tarantulaarms.bsky.social · Jun 20

“They came in on all sides,” said Domingo Rueda Hernandez. Fearful, even as a resident with legal status, he ran behind bags of dirt in the parking lot with others.

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An ICE raid at a Home Depot in Hollywood shatters an immigrant refuge

Immigration agents arrest dozens around Home Depot in Hollywood, shattering the lives of the vendors and their families who created a makeshift community there.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · Jun 9

DHS has responded after Glendale moved to terminate its contract to hold ICE detainees, saying: "Glendale’s politicians stand with criminal illegal aliens, including gang members, rapists, and murderers over American citizens.”
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Glendale ends ICE contract, no longer holds detainees

Glendale announces it will end its agreement to hold immigration detainees captured by ICE amid mounting friction over raids in Los Angeles.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · Jun 5

On Monday, I watched a Chinese nat'l get detained after a hearing. I followed his case and found he was being held in Glendale. As it turns out, the city is the only one in L.A. County with a longstanding agreement to hold ICE detainees.
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L.A. suburb is holding ICE detainees in its city jail, sidelining sanctuary rules

Glendale City Council members defended the contract this week, saying the 2007 agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in compliance with state law.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · Apr 5

NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford

Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...

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Rebecca Plevin @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social · Mar 31

Kids in deportation proceedings — some still infants — do n't have the right to a court-appointed attorney, though the U.S. recognizes the right to a lawyer. Securing one can mean the difference between staying in the country and deportation.

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As children are pulled into immigration court, many must fend for themselves

Unaccompanied minors face a new reality under the Trump administration as they lose avenues to legal representation and fears grow about expediting removals.

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Rebecca Plevin @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social · Feb 19

“This means that children are expected to show up in court, as of tomorrow, on their own, with no legal counsel, and try to defend themselves from deportation in an adversarial system."

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Trump administration halts legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children

The Trump administration has paused a program providing 4,000 children in California with immigration lawyers. Some are just months old.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · Feb 19

“These are children with literally no adults here in the United States. So they have nobody to refer to, to say, ‘Hey, can you help me find a private attorney?’ These are kids, literally.”
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Trump administration halts legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children

The Trump administration has paused a program providing 4,000 children in California with immigration lawyers. Some are just months old.

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Rebecca Plevin @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social · Feb 13

“If it’s an apartment, a church, or building whatever it may be, we will call people to surround the place and stop them... united on the issue of defending migrants and immigrants.”

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Immigrant rights activists vow to disrupt ICE raids in California

A coalition of immigrant activists calling itself 'the Community Self-Defense Coalition' says it will alert the community to ICE agents.

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Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Army Corps of Engineers won't order soil testing at properties destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades fires, breaking with a long-standing safeguard to ensure no lingering contamination is left behind after the wildfires: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Feds won't test soil after L.A. wildfire cleanup, potentially leaving contamination behind

In the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires, Army Corps officials are saying that excavating six inches of topsoil is enough to rid properties of contamination.

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